Buffalo Criterion, 1983-03-09

              rochester niagara region wny's largest & only accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation u.s postage paid permit no 1314 buffalo new york the buffalo criterion vol 58 — no 11 wednesday march 9-15 1983 governor continues minority appts callender nominated for nys office of the aging post gov mario m cuomo has announced the nomi nation of eugene s callender of new york city a presbyterian min ister a lawyer and long time community leader as director of the new york state office of the aging in announcing the nomi nation gov cuomo said mr calender's vast experience in such diverse areas as housing educa tion employment oppor tunities the ministry the law and community activi ties and his administrative abilities make him em inently qualified to serve as director of the office of housing education and employment beginning in 1967 call ender was executive di rector of the new york urban league during this time he initiated street academies a concept which gained na tional attention the aging .... mr callender who is black is 57 years old he currently is senior minis ter and chief executive officer of the church of the master where he has served since september 19 i rand previously from 1959tp19p6 he received his j.d degree from the new york law school last year from 1980-1982 he was city director of new york cities in schools a federally-funded experi mental jti-ofe-nrr jn j|t ruptive and emotional disturbed students previously he was pres ident and chief executive officer of the new york urban coalition a post he held from 1969 to 1975 at that time callender re structured the coalition to innovative programs in he was founder and pastor of the mid-harlem community parish from 1955 to 1959 his professional associ ations include president of the syda foundation consultant to the ford foundation member of the president's task force on manpower and urban unemployment under president johnson and consultant to the 1.8.m corporation and motorola corp mr callender has lec tured at columbia gradu ate school for business york college and new york university for six years from 1970 to 1976 callender hosted the nbc program positively black a program which is now in its 12th year he is a 1947 graduate of boston university in ioat fit ctouenuer was the first black graduate of westminister theological semianry for the next two years he studied at union theological semin ary in new york city the nomination requires confirmation by the state senate the position pays 59,800 a year testimonial dinner honored oldest choir member lincoln memorial united methodist church masten and northland avenues recently honored its oldest choir member with a testimonial dinner george perkins fondly known as uncle perk joined the choir 56 years ago a abort resume of uncle perk's life waa given by his niece mrs thyra charles the senior choir *»-*>* and m d,,pt as rendered by mrs lauretta anderson cnmr director and uncle perk rev william homer pastor emeritus gave the benediction uncle perk received many gifts rev walter barton pastor gave remarks the photo shows the head table seated from left are rev walter barton uncle perk the honoree mrs lottie moore his sisterl mrs thvra charles niece and rev william homer standing from left are mrs travis mrs careen moore niece mrs emma hill niece and mra l anderson _ criterion photo robinson requests heap benefits for section 8 housing recipients i erie county legislator i barry l robinson has | made a formal request to the n y s division of budget urging them to approve a proposed amendment to the 1982-83 state heap plan which would allow persons re i ceiving section 8 housing assistance to qualify for yieap benefits citing the overwhelm citing the overwhelm jvtng need for the revisions mr robinson pointed out that there are over 3,000 section 8 receipients in erie county and nearly 90 of these people must pay their own heat and electric bills it is clearly unfair to fox j deprive some of the most needy and vulnerable households in the commu nity of the help they need to pay skyrocketing fuel bills legislator robin son said the state he con tinued allowed section 8 housing recipients to re ceive heap benefits last year during the 1981-82 heap program all i'm asking is that they give these people the same help this year mr robinson made his formal request through a resolution which was ap proved by the full legisla ture at its march 3rd meeting elizabeth e price supervisory personnel relations assistant at the westinghouse facility in cheektowaga receives westinghouse community ser vice award from james m warren vice president and general manager of the motor divisions westinghouse cites local employee for community service efforts westinghouse electric corp has bestowed a community service award upon a local human resources staff member for her consistently out standing service to the community through expenditure of personal time and means elizabeth e price supervisory personnel relations assistant at the westinghouse facility in cheektowaga was presented the award by motor divisions vice president and general manager james m warren in a surprise ceremony at the plant the award plaque included the engraved signature of the corporation's chairman of the board robert e kirby along with other corporate and local officials including mr warren nolan to address daemen college forum dr robert s marshall president of daemen col lege announced that dr donald j nolan deputy commissioner for higher and professional educa tion for the state of new york will fly into buffalo to address the national daemen forum this will take place at 12 noon on fri mar 18 in the executive dining room on the 2nd floor of the charles j wick center at daemen college 4380 main st in amherst dr nolan will be intro duced at the forum by hon willard a genrich sr chancellor for the new york state board of regents dr nolan will speak on what chal lenges and opportunities for higher education in the 1980's he received both his bachelor's and master's degree from the state university of new york at albany and his ph.d from the university of illinois at urbana he taught the french language and literature at both institu tions dr nolan is a member of several advisory boards and is the author of numerous publications he has been a consultant to universities and educa tional agencies abroad and throughout the united states he has also served as a team member on accreditation visits to more than 50 colleges for the state education dept the middle states assoc and the new england assoc new york state college and university presidents along with key opinion and media leaders have been invited to attend dr nolan's address dr donald j nolan to deliver messages rev william v calla han jr son of deacon and mrs william calla han sr of johnson st will return to buffalo sunday march 20th to speak at the deacon alliance program at trin ity baptist church 41 spruce st at 3 p.m he will also deliver the morning message at 1 1 a.m at trinity baptist church rev callahan is a native buffalonian and is pastor the riverview missionary baptist church of albany n y he is also moderator of the hudson river frontier baptist association which con sists of 12 churches deacon james a wat son of pilgrim baptist church is president of the deacon's alliance mrs yvonne perkins of st john baptist church is president of the women's auxiliary of the deacon's alliance deacon james chandler of trinity bap list church is program chairman for the alliance rev joseph davis is host pastor the public is invited to come out and hear this young buffalo minister who is doing well in albany . rev william v callahan jr aid available for utility customers on fixed incomes are you on a fixed income and having prob lems paying your bills on time the public service commission has new rules which can help you schedule your utility pay ments to ease the burden for persons such as the elderly or disabled who get their income in a monthly check utilities are now required to set payment dates so that there are novate payment charges if the bill is paid within 20 days to make billing arrange ments contact your utility or the public service commission's consumer services office in buffalo at 847-7100 bishop to make tour presiding bishop j o patterson head of the nearly four million mem ber church of god in christ inc headquarter ed in memphis ten nessee announced in his memphis office march 3 that he will tour the entire church of god in christ in the month of march the demoninational leader of the predominant ly black pentecostal church announced that asu all saints univer sity scheduled to open in memphis in late 1984 is nearer completion and his visits to the several areas of the church are design ed to expose the national church to the grass-roots members who never at tend national conventions or convocations during the • ftftmern jvemr-^nf 1 v apostolic reign over the church presiding bishop patterson has not made such a saturation effort to inspire the membership as is planned in his forthcoming itinerary one-day conferences are planned for eleven cities as follows mar 11 atlanta georgia hens ley temple church mar 14 baton rouge louisi ana the centroplex mar 15 dallas texas saintsville church mar 16 las vegas nevada pentecostal temple mar 17 berkley cali fornia ephesian church mar 18 los angeles crouch temple mar 21 chicago illinois the conrad-hilton mar 22 detroit michigan bailey cathedral mar 23 brooklyn n v wash ington temple mar 24 washington d c the temple church and mar 25 norfold virginia new hope church the presiding bishop will introduce many new and innovative programs for the church's youths ministries and mission ministry persons interested in attending the sessions should call the chirr-v of god in christ nearest your residence or the bishop of the church of god in christ in your immediate community for further information contact - the-.rev....j delano ellis 11 press secretary office of the presiding bishop at 901 525-2507 lipke to speak on proposed bethlehem takeover dr kenneth e lipke leading western new york industrialist and former national chairman of the board for gibraltar steel will address the forest district civic assoc an nounced arthur e sulli van program chairman 1 this event will take iplace at 8 m on mar il4th at the polish cadet's hall at 927 grant st at amherst his topic will be why am i trying to save bethlehem steel in wes tern new york dr lipke recently re signed his position of national chairman of the board of gibraltar steel in order to devote his full time energies to save bethlehem steel when he purchased gibraltar steel annual sales were 9 million per year sales are now over 100 million with gibral tar employing over 1,200 workers in his former capacity dr lipke supervised gi braltar strip steel and strapping seneca steel beals mccarthy and rog ers gibraltar steel of ohio and gibraltar steel of rochester n y kenneth e lipke hutchison tapped to head new office of black college & university programs interior secretary james watt has named ira j hutchison deputy direc tor of the national park service since 1977 as director of the depart ment's new office of black college and university programs watt said he formed the new office because of the need to seek greater participation in depart mental programs by his torically black colleges and universities i asked ira hutchison to tackle this challenging out reach job because of his leadership in fostering closer relationships with black educational institu tions and other minority groups the most recent example of which is a model cooperative agree ment between the park service and anheuser bush inc to help black colleges participate more effectively in park pro grams the wealth of experience and adminis trative skill he brings to this post will be of great benefit to all the depart - westinghouse employee — see page 2 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